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My Mobile Day: Anthony Keyworth, Director of Products, Orange Business Service

Anthony Keyworth, Director of Products at Orange Business Services was good enough to take a bit of time and write about how he uses his TyTN across the average business day. I really like to read and hear of mobile executives ‘eating their own sausages’ — and in today’s My Mobile Day, Anthony doesn’t let us down!

Here we go…

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07.00: The alarm goes off on my HTC TyTN II – giving me a heads up to the day ahead. Although it interrupts my very peaceful sleep, I’m grateful for my faithful wake up call!

07.30: The to-do list pops up; my essential checklist for a manic day ahead. I know today will be busier than usual, meaning I’ll need to be more organised than ever! Passport, check, phone charger, check, socks, check….

07.45:
Checking the train times on route to work with Kizoom, I realise I have quick chance to check out the headlines online, and see what’s going on in the world before my train comes. Luckily I manage to squeeze onto a train carriage and without barging past too many people, I also have a quick skim through the work emails on the way there. The urgent requests always seem to find me early in the day, so thankfully typing emails on my QWERTY keyboard doesn’t prove to be an issue.

08.00: I plug in my 3.5mm stereo headset for the rest of the journey and wish I had downloaded some new music onto my memory card – I’m tired of listening to the same 6 albums I have had on there for months!

08.30: Finally at the office and a chance go through the emails thoroughly and make some important customer calls and also I can dump my heavy luggage underneath my desk.

09.00: Out of the office already and using my Sat Nav to find my way to the next meeting. I know the location is close and in the spirit of keeping fit, finding my way on foot takes no time and is guilt free.

12.30: A chance for some me time and a chance to skim through the pictures taken over the weekend. I am still impressed with the quality of pictures I can get with my 3-megapixel camera. On my walk back I send some the pictures to friends and family.

14.00:No sooner am I back in the office – I am back out again! This time it’s to the airport for a customer meeting in France. I find myself multi-tasking in the taxi on the way to the airport – dialing into a conference call no sooner than I’ve stepped into the cab! Thankfully it’s so easy, it doesn’t make a difference where I happen to be or where I happen to be going.

15.30: Airport lounges aren’t my most favourite places, but it gives me chance to make some calls and tie up a few loose ends (not to mention to trial a few games from Orange Downloads!) The built-in Wi-Fi means that I can work on the go, keeping on top of it all and staying connected is pretty much essential as I am never in one place for very long.

18.00: Now in Paris and have checked into the hotel. Here is a chance to work on some documents ready for tomorrow’s meeting. I plug in my USB modem into my laptop and take advantage of the download
speeds to get the work done before the evening begins!

19.30: I thought it’d be a great opportunity to get onto Google earth and check out my local surroundings for the evenings events.

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Thanks for taking the time Anthony!

10 COMMENTS

  1. I love going through the My mobile day posts. Maybe one day when im important enough, i’ll send in my own mobile day 😀

  2. I don’t wish to be in any way unpleasant to someone who is a friend of SMSTextNews, but that piece was straight out of first year PR school! I didn’t believe it for a second, particularly as, after the second paragraph, I was reading each entry wondering “which feature of the TyTN or Orange services is this one going to plug?”. I love the My Mobile Day posts, finding out what real people in the industry are making use of, and I’ve discovered a few new services myself that way, but when the PR people just see it as a chance for a free promo it’s disappointing.

  3. Mark, I make it very clear to anyone participating in My Mobile Day that they are *most welcome* to talk about how they use their own products and services — I do also make it clear that only focussing on your own products can look a bit… well… ‘PRish’, but it’s each to their own.

    I’ll ask Anthony to post a follow-up here to prove he’s not a PR ghost.

  4. Morning Ewan. Well, that’s fair enough if that’s what they’re invited to do. If Anthony is summing up the typical uses he makes of his TyTN then I apologise for doubting him and he has no need to prove anything to me. From the look of his schedule he’s probably too busy waste his time on that! Cheers.

  5. I think the more you use your phone the more uses you find for it. I would hope a man im Anthony’s position does make use of his time in such a way. However, if it’s a typical day is a different question. Writing to you from the 18.52 to Crystal Palace!

  6. It’s interesting to read your comments and views. Working for Orange, I’m lucky enough to have access to a great range of devices and it’s important for me to use of as many of the gadgets and services we provide so I can get an insight into what our customers experience.

    On a more personal note however, the applications I mentioned are those I use during my working day, and would struggle without.

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